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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
eeRMANY.s RESOURCES,
Importance Of the Empires Agricultural
Mining and Manufacturing Industries.

Mining and Manufacturing Industries.
The material resources of Germany
befit great nation. Its area is 20S, ,427
square miles, which is one eighteenth
part of Europe, and one two-hundred-
fiftieth part of the whole dry land of
the globe. 1t is less than that of Swe-
den and Norway together, or than that
of Texas, and little more than that of
France or of Spain.
The extent of the uncultivatable land
is inconsiderable. The arabic land, in
Guiding garden ground and vineyards,
amounts to about one-haf of the area.
In general the soil is remarkably well
cultivated. In good seasons the pro-
duction has been found sufficient to
meet the native demands. Of the ce-
reals the largest crop is rye; then oats,
wheat and barley. The potato is
largely cultivated, not merely for food,
bus also for distillation into spirits.
The common beet is largely grown in
some sections for the production of SUI
gar, the average product being 60O, ,OO0,-
600 pounds annually. The cultivation
of hops is in iourishing condition in
Southern Germany. They form one of
the standard articles of export. To-
bacco is raised in some districts. The
vine abounds in Southern Germany,
and in the Rhone valley.
The culture of forests is conducted
more scientifically than in any other
country. In many of the States the
forests belong mostly to the Govern
ment; but even private owners are re-
strictcd by law from destroying their
own trees. There are forcsters trained
for the work from their early youth.
As soon as one tree is removed, an
other is substituted. The woodlands
occupy about one-fourth of the entire
country.
In the rural districts, notably in the
Rhine valley. one observes multitudes
of little villages, often six or seven in
sight at once. The houses are grouped
closely together; and surrounding
the whole are grain fields, vegetable
gardens and vineyards, all cut up into
little patches. One man will own per-
haps dozen little patches of land, in
as many places, the different exposures
being adapted to the raising of various
crops. The women do great part
of the work in the fields, sometimes be-
ginning as early as three o'clock in the
morning. They and the children often
go barefoot in the summer, while the
''lords of CREATION wear shoes.
OF all European countries Germany
has the oldest manufactures. In the
last century it fell behind England and
Belgium; but is in fair way now to
recover its former position.
Germany abounds in useful minerals,
and in consequence takes high place
among industrial States. The produc-
ton falls short, indeed, of that of Eng
land, but bears comparison with that
of France and of the United States.
Germany produces more silver, copper
and zinc than any other European
state. 1t also abounds in coal and iron,
having enough of the former to last
two thousand years at the present rate
of consumption; and has ample supplies
/ of tin, lead and salt.-Bishop Cyrus D.
Foss, in Chautauquan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
COLOSSAL STATUES.
Tho Imposing Figure of Buddha in th
AsiafiO Town af Ramian.

Tho Imposing Figure of Buddha in the
Asiatic Town of Bamian.
Bamian is on the road between Cabul
and Balkh, Afghanistan, where it crosses
the Paropamisus range. The situation
is high, being some where about $500
feet above the sea. The rock is con-
glomerate, OF pudding-stone, of which
there is a high cliff in the valley. In
this at an early period, probably during
the first centuries of the Christian era,
Buddhist monks excavated caves. These
are in large numbers at Bamian, tex
tending for miles, but there are nu-
merous groups of caves besides, extend
ing northward along the road as far as
Haibak. Judging by the remains in
the Jelalabad Valley, these caves would
not be the only viharas, or monastries;
there would be built structures as well.
When Hwen-Tsang, the Chinese pill
grim, visited Bamian, about $50 A. D.,
he states that there were one thousand
monks at it and ten converts. He de-
scribes Bamian as kingdom; but now
we only know the spot from its caves
and great statues, which are remains
of Buddhism, and not, so far as is
known, the remains of any thing like
a capital city of kingdom. The
statues are known in the present day as
Sal Sal and Shah Mameh, and the
Bacheh, or child.
There are five statues at Bamian;
three of them are in inches, which have
been cut out, the figures being formed
of the rock within the niche. The
largest statue has been produced in
this way. Its size has been variously
estimated by travellers, some putting it
at 100 feet, and others as high as 150
feet. Captain Talbot used theodolite
and found that all previous estimates
had been short of the truth. The fig
ure is 173 feet high, which is only 20
feet lower than the London Monument,
the exact measurement of it being POP
feet. The Nelson Column in Trafalgar
Square is 176 feet, just three feet
higher than the Bamian figure, and
thus giving almost an exact counter
part to its height. The Liberty
statue at New York is 105 feet high, on
a pedestal of S3 feet, but the raised
hand and torch is 1877 feet high.
Hwen-Tsang distinctly states that it is
a figure of Buddha. This is of some
Importance, because it has been sug-
gested that the figures belonged to the
pre-Budhist period. Captain Matt
lands drawings are quite sufficient to
determine this point, and the Buddhist
character of the figures need no longer
be question of doubt, There is the
well-known knob on the top of the
head, the long ears. and the drapery
arranged in folds, which all know who
are familiar with Buddhist art.-United
Presbyterian.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL


"A State Agricultural College is tc
be established at Corvallis, Oregon.
this year.
The record of Mr.. Surgeons Tab
ernacle shows that he has received inh
his church from the world 1e,S09 mem
bers.
--Oberlin will hold forever the his
toric credit Of having been the first t.
admit women to equal advantages d
education with men.
The University of California now
employs one hundred persons as pro.
fessors, instructors, demonstrators, etc.
The number of students is 489.
Sir Walter Raleigh asked a favor
of Qneen Elizabeth, which he frequent
ly did, to which she replied, Raleigh,
when will you leave off begging?"-
''When your Majesty leaves off giving"
was his reply. So long must and may
we continue to pray" Wellspsing.
An edition Of the Gospel by Mark,
in Mandarin, has been published in
England, in raised Chinese characters,
for the use of the blind in China This
is the two hundred and fiftieth lam
guage in which portions of the Scrip
lures have been printed for the blind,
after the '.Moon system.
The Syracuse On. " STANDARD
has information that Mr.. Hiram Sibley
has given $3.50, 600 more to the Sibley
College of Mechanic Arts, at Cornell
University, Ithaca. A large building
will be erected and the present one en-
| larged, so that several hundred students
can be given instruction in the mechan-
ical arts.
The New York s.society schools,
which aim to graduate fashionably ac-
complished pupils, have introduced
novelty in their course of instruction.
The teaching in mock ceremony, with
elaborate tinsel and royal costume ap-
pointments, of show to be presented
at court, " must be an extremely anus
ing ceremony, but it is new source OF
popularity for the schools.-N. Y Times.
| DIR. B. Manley tells of a good sister
who expended three hundred dollars in
educating young minister, through
whose labors in year or two three
hundred souls professed conversion,
and he is gathering in more almost
every day. The dear. old sister smiles
and cries both as she talks about how
glad she is that she put her money into
a young preacher, and not into bank.
Richmond Religious Herald.
Il will tell you a good proverb. ]
wish you would always remember it.
"God has given us eyelids as well as
eyes" 10 you understand it? What
are eye-lids forp Not to see. Your
eyes are T., see with. Your eyelids not
to see. Remember, there are great
many things in life-bad things-and
God has given us eyelids thatwe may
not see them, as well as eyes to look at
the good things. Use your eyelids.
Do not see the bad things Do not see
them.-heu. j. Vaughan.
"A Jewish theological seminary ha.
been opened in New York City. The
aim of the college is to train strict,
orthodox young rabies. A complete
course of study for pupils intending to
enter the ministry will cover period
of eight years, divided into preparatory,
junior and senior courses. The curric-
ulum will have for its basis complete
mastery Of the Hebrew Bible, deyotine
to that purpose thorough grammati-
cal and exegetical study, with the aid:
of the critical commentaries r.
| Mail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
PETTY VANDALISM.
DETACHMENT of the Yellowstone Geysers
ShalloW-Mi YiSftorz

DETACHMENT of the Yellowstone Geysers by
Shallow-Minded Visitors.
1t is pity that the wonderful natu-
raj attractions of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park can not be preserved from
vandal hands for future generations.
From the report of Captain Moses Har-
ris to the Secretary of the Interior, it
would seem that the geysers of the Yel-
lowstone, as well as the game, needs
protection.
''It is apparent from the most casual
observation that the means heretofore
employed for the preservation of the
natural objects of wonder and beauty
in the Park have been entirely made
quate. 1t may be said without .exag-
geration that not one of the notable
geyser formations in the Park has
escaped mutilation or DETACHMENT in
some form. Those that have been most
fortunate are covered with lead-pencil
inscriptions, recording the names of
those shallow-minded visitors to whom
such a distinction is a pleasure. A
lead pencil mark seems to be a
very harmless DETACHMENT, but names
bearing date of 1880 are still dis
coverable through the thin deposit
of silica, and if this marking
should go on unchecked, in very
few years these once beautiful forma-
tions will have become unsightly and
unattractive objects. At the Upper
Geyser Basin, names with date of June,
1886, have been chiseled into the solid
geyserite SO deep, that, in the slow pro-
cess of nature, many years must elapss
before this mutilation will be obliter-
ated. Not content with the deface-
ment of the formations, efforts are con-
stantly being made to destroy the
geysers themselves, by throwing into
them sticks, logs of wood and all sorts
of distractions. The eruptive force Of
several of the geysers has been totally
destroyed by vandalism of this charac-
ter. The footsteps of the throngs Of
visitors are wearing away the deli
cate, and lace-like tracery of the sill
cious deposits, and in few years the
formations surrounding the geysers
will present the appearance of the worn
pavements of city street. The willful
DETACHMENT of the beautiful objects can
only be prevented by watchful super
vision, supported by the rigid enforce
ment of lawful penalties. A certain
amount of wear and deterioration, Incl
dent to the multitude of visitors, is
probably unavoidable. ."-Golden Rule.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17

Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Blair and the ven
cradle Whitman may be pensioned by
the Government, but their pensioning
will not strike the public heart as
would the pensioning of the families of
the brave men who risked and lost their
own lives to save that of fellow be-
ing. Nor would pensions to Mrs. Lo-
gan, Mrs. Blair and Whitman meet the
same general appreciation of the peo-
pie that pension to these dependent
families would. Cases are rare indeed
where a life is risked and lost to save
another; the establishment of a prece-
dent to pension the families of hero
who gives up his own life in an at
tempt to save another would meet the
general, if not universal, approval of
the people of this country. Itwould be
precedent that would not promise a
continued and fearful drain upon the
treasury, and it would honor Con-
gress that so honored their country by
providing for National monument to
heroism.
Let the Government provide for the
families of the men who died so heroic
ally. Generous individuals may con-
tribute for time to their support out
of sympathy or for the sake of charity,
but for snort time only. Let Con-
gress pension them, not in the name OF
charity but in the name of America g
duty. No fault will be found with any
member of Congress who champions
such bill.-Des Moines Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
AFTER POLITICAL "OUTRAGES,"

The George Frisbie Hoars and Their
Unfortunate Case in Washington County,
Tex.
Since the Senate, moved thereto by
George Frisbie Hoar, has ordered an
investigation of a little neighborhood
row in Washington County, Tex, ii
would not be out of place for some
Southern Senator to ask an inquiry
into the outrage which recently took
place in a frontier county in Nebraska.
In the Texas case it is asserted by Mr..
Hoar that citizen who is a Republic
an was driven from home by Demo
Gratis. In the Nebraska case, which
was reported in the newspapers a few
days ago, Southerner, who had re-
Gently arrived from Virginia, was
driven from his home, presumably by
Republicans.
1t has been a long time since we have
had National coroner's inquest on
some local quarrel in a remote county,
and the heart of George Frisbie evi-
IDENTIFY yearns for one. Filtered through
the biased minds of few partisans
such as he the details of disturbance
in Texas become of the most soul-har-
rowing nature. United States Sen
ates are not instituted for any such
purpose as this, but when ancient pol
| iticians are out of meat even the Sen
ate must join in the search for some.
The alacrity with which the august body
of which the distinguished George
Frisbie is a member agreed, by q strict
party vote, to investigate family row
in State having jurisdiction of the of
fense shows that the value of little
sectional hate has not been forgotten
by the self-styled patriots of the day
and that if they can not bring discredit
upon their opponents in one way they
will attempt it in another.
AS a matter of fact, the George Fris.
bic Hoars are in sad straits for an issue
Their predictions of disaster and ruin,
a restored Confederacy and rehabil
itated slavery, pensions for the rebe
soldiers and barrels of gold for the
liquidation of the rebel debt, the div
ision of Texas into dozen States and
the packing of the Supreme Court, hav,
all proved false. Things appear to b,
going on as well as they ever did and ;
great deal better than they have a
many times in the history of the coun
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
Something to Remember.

A mother had reproved her little girl
for being so clumsy as to drop dish.
and the little girl, after thoughtful
silence, said:
mamma, can you write with youi
left handp"
Il could if l were left-handed, bu.
I'm not"
Well" said the little girl. II CUES,
little children are left-handed all over.'
NY Sun
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
woMEN's WAGES
Some OF the Weak Spots in Our noasted
American Civilization.

American Civilization.
There is something wrong about that
civilization which compels woman to
work sixteen hours per day for six days
in week in order to earn $3.50. Un-
fortunately there are women in tho
large cities who have to work in this
way. 1t is hard for people who have
the means of supplying their daily
wantsto realize that any of their fell
low-beings are doomed to a life of dark
ness and grinding poverty such as
these women endure.
That women are in many cases un-
derpaid for their services as seamstrcsses
and as saleswomen in stores is un-
questionably true. Hard-hearted as a
stone and cruel as serpent is the man
who will extort profit from the pow
erty of the women who work for him.
But it would be folly to seek the cause
of this evil in nothing but the flinty-
heartedness of employers. The trouble
is due, not to the form of Government,
nor to the organization of society, but
to the civilization which drives women
and keeps them out of others.
When a dry-goods merchant may
take his choice from among twen-
ty applications for work at six dollars
per week it is not to be expected that
he will insist upon paying ten dollars.
The number of competitors in certain
lines Of work reduce the wages. Wo-
men will work for starvation wages in
store or at sewing rather than secure
comfortable living by doing house
work.
There is something wrong about the
civilization which teaches woman
that it is more honorable to sew six
teen hours day for starvation wages
than it is to secure a comfortable liv-
ing in domestic service. There are un-
doubtedly hundreds of women and
girls working in stores or as seam
stresses who have not one whit more
refinement, and are not in any respect
better educated than girls who are en-
ployed as servants in households. But
the former hold themselves far above
the latter. The civilization is wrong
which teaches young girls and women
to make distinction of this kind.
1t is also wrong civilization which
teaches young women, whose parents
are well able to provide for them and
who are surrounded by the comforts Of
home life, that they are in duty bound
to go out into the world and compete
with their less fortunate sisters in the
struggle for a living. Home life and
home work constitute the proper sphere
for every woman, and it is false phi.
losophy which teaches anything else
The woman, whether married or un'
married, who can not live at home and
find employment in home work is un
fortunate. But the unhappy condition
of these unfortunates is rendered al
the more unhappy by the competition
of girls who, although they have com
Portable homes, will, for the sake O.
earning pittance of pin money, seel
employment as ''salesladies, or clerks
or seamstresses.-De'aUer Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
LATER NEWS.

By the burning of the jail at Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, three colored prisoners were
burned to death.
THE Commissioner of Pensions has pre-.
pared blanks of application for Mexican
war pensioners.
THos. M. JOSEPH, of Galveston, for ten
years treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows Of Texas, is charged with being
defaulter in large sum.
THE Augusta, Ca, fire destroyed the
Masonic Theater and Lodge Building,
Globe Hotel and several business houses.
the loss amounting to $1S5, 900.
GOVERNOR SCALES, of North Carolina, ap-
pointed John J. ]. Davis, of Franklin
County, to the place on the Supreme
Court bench made vacant by the death Of
Associate Justice Ashe. Mr.. Davis was a
member OF the Forty-fourth and Forty.
fifth Congresses.
FRITZ BRAND, who has lived ninety-two
years, attempted to end his life by cutting
his thros with razor. He lived with his
son-in-law in Corryville, near Cincinnati.
DAVID GRAHAM shot and killed Frank
Burns, near Danville, KY, in family
row.
AT Adairville, KY, Robert Gerham shot
Fayette Troughler through the heart.
JACOB CUNNINGHAM, a farmer near
Bunker Hill, Ind, was kicked by his horse
and died.
JAMES McELRoY, Henderson, KY, con-
victed Of the murder of Walter Martin, was
| sentenced to hang on May13
SIMPSON HAMILTON and Thomas Spillers,
Russellville, Ark, were buried under a
barn which collapsed, and died from their
! injuries.
THE foods in the Grand river Mich, the
st. Mary's, st. Joe and Maumee rivers,
Ind, are still rising rapidly and dong
| great damage.
CAPTAIN D. T. Todd, commission mer.
chant, was cloroformed and killed in his
store at Des Moines, Ia.
| In Chicago saloon Francesca Tremario
stabbed to the heart with stiletto Dan.
iello Florio, both Italians.
JOHN JAcoBsoHN, Omaha, Neb., strangled
| his infant and hanged himself
SPEAR 8. HoLLINGswoRTH, the treas
urer of Knox County, Ind, has been
convicted of embezzlement, and will go to
the penitentiary for three years. When he
started into politics, in 1889, he was farm
er worth $4,000. His defalcation reached
$4,000.
TIE Senate passed bill appropriating
$4,000 for public building at Portsmouth
o. In the House the Senate bill for the re-
tirement Of the trade dollar was passed.
In Boone Township, Harrison County
Ind, the three children Of a colored farme,
who were sent to o white school were
brutally beaten by the scholars, were
heavily fined by a magistrate, and few
nights ago the school-house was burned tt
the ground.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
The Way of the Politician.

Small Boy-Pa, who was that nice,
kind gentleman who just patted me on
the head?
His Father-That was politician,
my son.
"Does he know map"
mo, my son. he doesn't; and he
doesn't know pa only about once in two
years. Philadelphia Gail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17

The proposed enterprise of New
York sporting journal to send man
around the world in a two or three ton
yacht, according to the Boston Journal,
will not excite SO much sympathy and
interest as the bicycle ride round the
world lately so successfully accom-
plished. The element of danger and
foolhardiness in an expedition of the
sort more than counterbalances the
possible advantages of adventure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17
NIT AND WISDOM.

What did Jack and. the Beans.
talk aborlt?- Teras SJ7ings.
Why is an orange like 3 church
steepleP Because we have a peel Gpeal)
from it.
Charity begins at home, but il
ought not to lie down there and go into
trance Chicago Tribune.
Sometimes it is exceedingly hard
to tell where frankness ends and inn
pudence begins.-PhilGdelph Call.
"A man at Tulare, Cal, lately
decided u piece of property to his wife
in consideration of Glove and affection
in hand paid"
Scotch girls knit while they are
listening to the tender declarations Of
their lovers. The more enterprise ng
American daughters have the mitten
ready m.ade.-Life.
Visitor (regarding the baby): ssOh,
what dear little duck of child! He
resembles you both, indeed he does.
He's got his mothers handsome eyes
and his fathers hair" Father (who is
| bald-headed): II think he must have;
I haven't"
do your best
Like the star
That shines afar,
Without haste
And without rest,
Let each man wheel with steady sway
Round the task that rules the day
And do his best.
-GoetAe
Live by the day; you will have
trials and strength according to your
need; leave tomorrow with the Lord.
Tomorrow may be eternity with you;
therefore, live as on the margin OF
eternity, as next door to heaven.
"A Lady, who seemed to be rather
vain. entered boot-maker's shop one
day with the usual complaint: why,
Mr.. S., these boots yon last made for
me are much too big. Ireally can't
understand how you always make that
mistake. Can you not make small
boots?" "Oh, ay," quickly responded
the man, II can max sma' butts; but
I'm sorry to say I Gamma maxi sma'
feet"
One of our school-teachers was en-
deavoring to explain to small boy in
her class the meaning of the word
''collision." She said: Suppose two
boys running on the street should come
together real hard. What would there
bep" "a fight" responded the little
fellow loudly and with astonishing
promptness, and the teacher gave it up,
Bangor Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-17

-Bertie-Mamma. thought you
said Mr.. johnson was a very wise man.
Mamma-Well, SO he is, BERTHE. Ber-
tie-I know better. After told him
to-day was in school he wanted to
know how much two times three was.
N. Y. Herald.